. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF POULTRY CULTURE 33 after home wants are satisfied. Ordinary farm conditions and methods need not be described here, but some of the special developments along this line must be described as to their general features, though discussion of these features will come more appro- priately under special topics. Factory methods in poultry culture. The intensive poultry plant devoted primarily to egg production, with the sale of market poultry and often of thoroughbred stock and eggs for hatching as accessories, was long the mo
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF POULTRY CULTURE 33 after home wants are satisfied. Ordinary farm conditions and methods need not be described here, but some of the special developments along this line must be described as to their general features, though discussion of these features will come more appro- priately under special topics. Factory methods in poultry culture. The intensive poultry plant devoted primarily to egg production, with the sale of market poultry and often of thoroughbred stock and eggs for hatching as accessories, was long the most conspicuous type of plant classed as. Fig. 6. Poultry plant of A. G. Duston, at Marlboro, Massachusetts. Considered a model plant when built, about 1S90. Used about ten years, then moved to South Framingham, Massachusetts, and rebuilt on an plan. (Photo- graph from Mr. Duston) an " egg ; This may be briefly described as an enlargement of the city poultry yard. The common object was to keep the largest possible number of fowls on a given area, keeping them closely confined and supplying them with all kinds of food needed. Usually the land accommodations were very limited, and the poul- tryman made no effort to grow any food — except perhaps a little green food — or to make any use of his land except for poultry. This was the typical plant, in area from two to ten or twelve acres. Often the larger plots had little more actual capacity than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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